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Ministry of Defence
61st course of National Defence College commences with 110 participants
The 61st course of National Defence College commenced on February 01, 2021 with 110 participants, an increase of 10 participants from the last course. The majority of the increased seats havebeen allocated to officers from friendly foreign countries. The officers from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Philippines and Maldives are participating after a considerable gap of time. The participants from the friendly countries are representatives of the country’s regional as well as international diplomacy wherein NDC has accommodated participants from all continents except South America.However, there was a course participant from South America  in the last NDC course.
The first NDC course was held in 1960. As on date, the college has 3,899 alumni, including 835 from 69 friendly foreign countries.There has been a marginal increase of two vacancies for Civil Services and the current strength of the Civil Services in the 61st NDC course is 19.
Welcoming the increased strength of foreign officers for the 61st course, NDC Commandant, Air Marshal D Choudhury expressed confidence that NDC would build on the challenges of previous years by converting them into opportunities. He added that ‘President’s Chair of Excellence on National Security’ established recently will enhance the pursuit of academic excellence at NDC.
President Shri Ram Nath Kovind had approved the establishment of the chair on November 02, 2020 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee Year of National Defence College.Air Vice Marshal  Arjun Subramaniam, AVSM  has been designated as the first occupant of the prestigious chair.
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President's Secretariat
No ‘Change of Guard’ Ceremony on this Sunday
The Change of Guard Ceremony on the Forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan will not to be held this Sunday  due to unavoidable circumstances.
Ministry of Finance
Fund raising for Public Issues and Rights Issues registered an increase of 115% and 15% respectively in FY 2020-21
Number of issues in Corporate Bond Market increased by 10% in FY 2020-21
Number of unique investors across Mutual Fund schemes also increased by 10% in FY 2020-21
Despite the uncertainty prevailing in FY 2020-21 owing to CoVID-19 pandemic, fund raising in FY 2020-21 was better than that in FY 2019-20 for both Public Issues and Rights Issues. During FY 2020-21, Rs. 46,029.71 crore and Rs. 64,058.61 crore were raised through Public Issues and Rights Issue respectively, as against Rs. 21,382.35 crore and Rs. 55,669.79 crore raised last year. This is an increase of 115% and 15% respectively in FY 2020-21 as compared to last year.
Table 1: Resource Mobilisation through Public and Rights Issues

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Particulars
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2019-20
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2020-21
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No.
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Amount
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No.
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Amount
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1)Public Issues,
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62
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21,382.35
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56
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46,029.71
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of which
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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A)IPOs
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|
60
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|
21,345.11
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|
55
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31,029.71
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B)FPOs
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2
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37.24
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|
1
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15,000.00
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2)Rights Issues
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17
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55,669.79
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21
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64,058.61
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Total 
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79
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77,052.14
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77
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1,10,088.32
Corporate Bond Market
Similarly, around 2003 issues of Corporate Bonds for an amount of Rs. 7,82,427.39 crore happened in FY 2020-21, surpassing the amount raised  through 1,821 issues for the fiscal year 2019-20. Thus, while the number of issues increased by 10% in FY 2020-21, the amount raised increased by 13.5% as compared to the previous financial year.
Mutual Funds
Indian capital market has shown its resilience to withstand the ripples caused by exogenous shocks like the pandemic. Assets under management  of Mutual Fund Industry increased by 41% from Rs 22.26 lakh crore as on March 31, 2020 to Rs 31.43 lakh crore as on March 31, 2021. The number of unique investors across Mutual Fund schemes also increased by 10% from 2.08 crore as on March 31, 2020 to 2.28 crore as on March 31, 2021. With increasing expansion of the MF industry in smaller cities, the AUM from below top 30 cities increased by 54% from Rs 3,48,167 crore as on March 31, 2020 to Rs 5,35,373 crore as on March 31, 2021. Investors in Mutual Fund industry may choose to invest in any of the 1,735 mutual fund schemes across categories as per their investment objective as on March 31, 2021.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar to talk to all community radios in country tomorrow
In a unique outreach initiative, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Shri Prakash Javadekar will talk to Community Radios in the country tomorrow ie 22nd May, 2020, at 7 PM. The talk will be simultaneously broadcast on all Community Radio stations of the country.
The talk will be broadcast in two segments, one of each Hindi and English. Listeners can also tune in to FM Gold  to listen to the Minister,at 7:30 PM in Hindi and at 9:10 PM in English.
The move comes as Government makes earnest efforts to reach all sections of the country for COVID related communication. There are around 290 Community Radio stations in the country and together they provide a massive platform to reach the grass root population. The talk is aimed at harnessing their power to reach the people in the remote corners of India.
This is the first time the Minister will address listeners of all Community Radio stations simultaneously. During the talk the Minister will also answer questions from Community Radio stations.
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Ministry of Defence
Indian Air Force Inducts Indigenous Airborne Rescue Pod for Isolated Transportation 
The Indian Air Force has designed, developed and inducted an Airborne Rescue Pod for Isolated Transportation . This pod will be utilised for evacuation of critical patients with infectious diseases including COVID-19 from high altitude area, isolated and remote places.
Requirement of an air evacuation system with facility to prevent spread of infectious aerosol from a COVID-19 patient during air travel was felt by IAF when COVID-19 was declared as a pandemic. The first prototype was developed at 3 BRD AF and has undergone various modifications. Supporting the “Atmanirbhar Bharat” call by Hon’ble Prime Minister, only indigenous materials have been used to fabricate this pod. This indigenously designed system has been developed at a cost of Rs Sixty Thousand only, which is very less as compared to the imported systems costing up to Rs Sixty Lakh.
The system has been developed as a lightweight isolation system made from aviation certified material. It has a transparent and durable cast Perspex for enhanced patient visibility which is larger, higher and wider than the existing models. The isolation system caters for suitable number of air exchanges, integration of medical monitoring instruments, and ventilation to an intubated patient. In addition, it generates high constant negative pressure in the isolation chamber for prevention of infection risk to aircrew, ground crew and health care workers involved in air transportation. The ARPIT utilises High Efficiency Particulate Air  H-13 class filters and supports invasive ventilation using Transport Ventilator. The design integrates life support and monitoring instruments , long arm gloves for use by health care professionals and power pack with high endurance. Design requirements have been evolved and are based on the guidelines issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare , National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers  and Centre for Disease Control , USA. The IAF is inducting a total of 7 ARPITS as of now.
President's Secretariat
RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN TO OPEN FOR PUBLIC VIEWING FOR SIX DAYS A WEEK FROM JUNE 1
Rashtrapati Bhavan will be open for public viewing for six days in a week from June 1, 2023. The tour of Rashtrapati Bhavan will be available from Tuesday to Sunday  in seven time slots between 0930 hrs and 1630 hrs. Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum Complex is also open for visitors from Tuesday to Sunday .
People can witness the Change of Guard Ceremony at Forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan every Saturday from 0800 hrs to 0900 hrs. The Ceremony will not take place on Saturday if it is a Gazetted Holiday or if it is so notified by Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Visitors can book their slots online at the website http://rashtrapatisachivalaya.gov.in/rbtour.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 
Cabinet approves Minimum Support Prices for Raw Jute for 2018-19 season
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for the increase in the Minimum Support Price  for Raw Jute for 2018-19 season.
The Minimum Support Price  for Fair Average Quality  of Raw Jute has been increased to Rs.3700/- per quintal for 2018-19 season from Rs. 3500/- per quintal in 2017-18 season.
The MSP would yield returns of 63.2 percent over the weighted average A2+FL cost of production. The MSP of Raw Jute is expected to ensure appropriate minimum prices to the farmers and step up investment in Jute cultivation and thereby production and productivity in the country.
The increased MSP is based on recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices  which while recommending MSP takes into account the cost of production, overall demand-supply, domestic and international prices, inter-crop price parity, terms of trade between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors and the likely impact of MSP on the rest of the economy.
The Jute Corporation of India would continue to act as Central Nodal Agency to undertake price support operations at the Minimum Support Prices in the Jute growing states.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare launches nation-wide campaign for promotion of Digital Life Certificate for Central Government pensioners
Pensioners can submit Life certificate digitally with a click of a button
Mumbai, 15 November 2022
The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India has launched a nation-wide campaign for promotion of Digital Life Certificate for Central Government pensioners.
In November 2021, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions launched the Face Authentication Technique of submitting Life Certificate through any Android Mobile Phone. Now the department is launching a special nation- wide campaign for promoting the Life certificate through Digital mode through the Face Authentication technique.
All the registered Pensioners Associations, Pension Disbursing Banks, Ministries of Government of India and CGHS Wellness Centres have been directed to promote the Digital Life Certificate/Face Authentication Technique for submitting Life Certificate by organising special camps for ‘Ease of Living’ of pensioners.
In this series, a Central Government team of Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare shall be visiting Ambernath, where this campaign shall be organised on November 16, 2022 for Central Government pensioners in the Ambarnath Branch, Ambarrnath and on November 17 2022 in Mumbai. All pensioners can visit the Centre for submitting their Life Certificates through Digital means.
Earlier, life certificates had to be submitted in physical form and for this, pensioners had to face several difficulties. Now, with the new system, the pensioners can submit their life certificates digitally with the click of a button from the comfort of their homes. In the process of submission of Life Certificate through Face Authentication by mobile, the details regarding Aadhaar Number, Mobile Number for OTP, PPO Number, Account Number with Bank/Post Office are required for the first time. This facility is also available to the employees of the State Government and the disbursing authority in the form of the Treasury Office of the State.
The central team has requested all the pensioners to visit official YouTube channel of the Department-DOPPW_INDIA OFFICIAL where explaining the process of submitting the Life Certificate through Face Authentication Technique in simple language are available.PIB Mumbai | Prarthana/Darshana
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Cabinet
Cabinet approves proposal to allot land to Chandigarh Housing Board for construction of apartments for 3930 allottees under Self-Financing Housing Scheme for UT Employees
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal to allot land to Chandigarh Housing Board for construction of apartments for 3930 allottees under Self-Financing Housing Scheme for UT Employees.
Point-wise details:
Chandigarh Administration approved a scheme namely "Self-financing Housing Scheme — 2008" for employees of Chandigarh Administration, Accordingly, total land area of 73.3 acre was earmarked for construction of 3930 Dwelling Units for the UT Employees. Out of which 11.8 acre was already in possession of Chandigarh Housing Board. In the instant proposal, 61.5 acre of Government land is to be allotted to Chandigarh Housing Board.
Chandigarh Housing Board was appointed as Nodal Agency for implementation of the said scheme. Accordingly, the Chandigarh Housing Board advertised a scheme titled as "Self-Financing Housing Scheme" on lease hold basis for 99 years for the employees of the Chandigarh Administration in the year 2008.
Major Impact:
Since the instant proposal is for construction of flats for employees of Chandigarh Administration, the project will directly or indirectly provide employment opportunity to labour and some blue collared workers i.e. engineers at local level also for the duration of the project, without putting pressure on exchequer.
Background
In view of the demands from the different categories of the employees working in the Chandigarh Administration or its board/corporation and Punjab and Haryana High Court, or on deputation within Chandigarh Administration. A scheme namely "Self-Financing Housing Scheme — 2008" was floated by the Chandigarh Housing Board in the year 2008 to take care of the housing needs of eligible UT Employees of all categories. Draw of lots of the said scheme was held on 04.11.2010 after following the transparent procedure of draw of lots in which 3930 eligible applicants out of 7811 applicants were declared successful.
Special Service and Features
MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhartovisit Kochi tomorrow
Will address TechspectationsDigital Summit, organized by Manorama Online
Will release biography on Prof. Balagurusamy
Will address session on ‘Modern Technology and Judicial Dispensation System’ at Kerala High Courtpremises
Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT Shri Rajeev Chandrasekharwill be travelling to Kochi tomorrow for a day.
The Minister will be delivering the keynote address atTechspectations-2023, a biennialDigital Summit organized by ManoramaOnline to commemorate their 25th anniversary. This year’s theme is “MO@25Absorb, Evolve & Thrive in the New Digital Order”.
Shri. Rajeev Chandrasekhar will be visiting theSt. Teresa’s College, Eranakulamtorelease a book titled ‘Professor Balagurusamy- SathyathintePaathayilThudarunnYathra’. Authored by K S Venkatachalam and Smt. Geetha Nair, the book profiles the life and times of Prof. Balagurusamy, who was the Vice Chancellor of Anna University and also a Member of the Union Public Service Commission.
Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar will address a session on ‘Modern Technology and Judicial Dispensation System’ organised by Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association in the Kerala High Court premises.
Later, the Minister will engage in an interactive session with students at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus on ‘New India for Young Indians: A Techade of Opportunities’.
Shri. Rajeev Chandrasekhar will be returning to Delhi, by evening.
Ministry of Earth Sciences
The Northern Limit of Monsoon  continues to pass through Kandla, Ahmedabad, Indore, Raisen, Khajuraho, Fatehpur and Bahraich
Widespread rainfall activity very likely along the West Coast
Widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls very likely over Northeast, East & adjoining Central India during next 5 days
Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions over West Rajasthan and heat wave conditions over East Rajasthan and Punjab during next 2-3 days
According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre/Regional Meteorological Centre, New Delhi of the India Meteorological Department :
♦ The Northern Limit of Monsoon  continues to pass through Kandla, Ahmedabad, Indore, Raisen, Khajuraho, Fatehpur and Bahraich.
♦ A cyclonic circulation lies over East Uttar Pradesh & neighbourhood and extends upto 3.6 km above mean sea level.
♦ A trough at mean sea level runs from central Pakistan to Bangladesh and extends upto 0.9 km above mean sea level.
♦ A cyclonic circulation lies over north Konkan & neighbourhood between 3.1 & 7.6 km above mean sea level.
♦ A shear zone at 3.1 km above mean sea level runs from Jharkhand to the cyclonic circulation over Konkan region.
♦ Under the influence of above systems:
- Widespread rainfall activity very likely along the West Coast with isolated heavy to very heavy falls over Coastal Karnataka on 17th & 21st June and over Konkan & Goa 17th & 18th and heavy falls over Coastal Karnataka during 18-20th June and over Konkan & Goa during 19-21st June.
- Widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls very likely over Northeast, East & adjoining Central India during next 5 days.
♦ Isolated to fairly widespread rainfall with isolated thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds very likely over Western Himalayan Region and plains of northwest India during 19th-21st June.
♦ Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions over West Rajasthan and heat wave conditions over East Rajasthan and Punjab during next 2-3 days.
Kindly visit www.imd.gov.in for updates.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Consultative Committee of Ministry of Civil Aviation discusses ‘DIGI YATRA’ project
The Consultative Committee meeting of Ministry of Civil Aviation was held in New Delhi today. The topic for discussion was ‘DIGI YATRA’. Hon’ble members of Parliament, who are members of the committee, took part in the meeting and made certain valuable suggestions about the project.
Giving the background of ‘DIGI YATRA’, the Union Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia said that it is a project conceived to achieve contactless, seamless processing of passengers at Airports, based on Facial Recognition Technology . The project basically envisages that any traveller may pass through various check points at the airport through a paperless and contactless processing, using facial features to establish the identity which would be linked to the boarding pass. He said that the privacy issues have been taken care of in the system. It provides for decentralized mobile wallet-based identity management platform which is cost effective and addresses privacy/data protection issues in implementation of Digi Yatra. After approval of the revised Digi Yatra guidelines, an AIC  has been published by DGCA on 18.04.2022.
Digi Yatra Foundation  has been set up as a joint venture  company in 2019 under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 whose shareholders are AAI  and BIAL, DIAL, GHIAL, MIAL and CIAL. These 5 shareholders equally hold the remaining 74% of the shares. The Foundation was formed, with the objective of creating the Digi Yatra Central Ecosystem . Digi Yatra Foundation will be a pan-India entity and the custodian of the Passenger ID validation process. It will also develop consensus amongst the Aviation Stakeholders in India. It would also define the criteria for compliance and guidelines for the local airport systems. The JV will conduct regular audits, of the various compliances and guidelines  defined by the Digi Yatra guidelines for the local Airport Biometric Boarding Systems .
In first phase, Digi Yatra is proposed to be rolled out at two Airports namely Varanasi and Bengaluru in August 2022 and at five Airports namely Pune, Vijayawada, Kolkata, Delhi and Hyderabad by March next year. AAI will identify their airports where Digi Yatra would be implemented in phased manner.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID - 19 Vaccination Update - Day 602
India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 214.76 Crore
More than 18 lakh Vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 214.76 Crore  today. More than 18 lakh  Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.
The cumulative coverage of vaccine doses, segregated based on population priority groups, is as follows:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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10414467
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2nd Dose
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10110488
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Precaution Dose
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6858887
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|
FLWs
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1st Dose
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18435450
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2nd Dose
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17705213
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Precaution Dose
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13348125
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|
Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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40599793
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|
|
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2nd Dose
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30792449
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Age Group 15-18 years
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|
1st Dose
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|
61781230
|
|
|
|
2nd Dose
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|
52618697
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|
Age Group 18-44 years
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|
1st Dose
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|
560861175
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|
2nd Dose
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|
514155771
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|
Precaution Dose
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|
75087917
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|
Age Group 45-59 years
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|
1st Dose
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|
203954285
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|
2nd Dose
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|
196567298
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|
Precaution Dose
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|
40448410
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|
Over 60 years
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|
1st Dose
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|
127617720
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|
2nd Dose
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122876917
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|
Precaution Dose
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43380833
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|
Cumulative 1st dose administered
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|
1023664120
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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944826833
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Precaution Dose
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179124172
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Total
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2147615125
Today’s achievement in the vaccination exercise, segregated by population priority groups, is as follows:
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Date: 09th September, 2022 
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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|
19
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2nd Dose
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168
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|
Precaution Dose
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|
7043
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|
FLWs
|
|
1st Dose
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|
43
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|
2nd Dose
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|
297
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|
Precaution Dose
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|
15600
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|
Age Group 12-14 years
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|
1st Dose
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24532
|
|
|
|
2nd Dose
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|
44967
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|
Age Group 15-18 years
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|
1st Dose
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|
7407
|
|
|
|
2nd Dose
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|
20269
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|
Age Group 18-44 years
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|
1st Dose
|
|
17687
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
69019
|
|
Precaution Dose
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|
1001548
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|
Age Group 45-59 years
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|
1st Dose
|
|
3083
|
|
2nd Dose
|
|
15591
|
|
Precaution Dose
|
|
440971
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|
Over 60 years
|
|
1st Dose
|
|
1931
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|
2nd Dose
|
|
10732
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|
Precaution Dose
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|
194111
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|
Cumulative 1st dose administered
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|
54702
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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161043
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Precaution Dose
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1659273
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|
Total
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1875018
The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.